Chief was curled up in house of the cat tree. As soon as he realized he wasn't alone he stretched and came out for some pets. Chief then sprawled out on the ground and rolled around a little. He then stretched out till he could get his claws into the scratching post. Chief then pulled himself up and had himself a good little work out.
Groups
The littles were the first group of the morning. Tennya and Kouza came and stood by my feet and waited to see what we were going to do. Coco stood not too far away watching Timbits as he ran around with Jazz. Eventually she couldn't take it and went charging over to join them. Timbits was all excited to see his sister and went bounding over to pounce on her. Their antics drew the attention of Tennya and Mac. Timbits left Coco to go running back out to play with Jazz. He was followed out by Mac and Coco. Mac wandered off to do some exploring. Coco stood watching her brother and tried to let him play with Jazz by himself for a bit. She couldn't restrain herself for long and went running over to join them. Tennya stood near me still finding watching the others antics fun. She then decided to head out and do a little exploring in the grass. Mac had been successful in his explorations and had found himself a bone. He then proceeded to chew it without lying down fully, thus keeping himself a little dryer. Since Kouza hadn't joined us in the far yard I headed over to see what she was up to and found her hanging out by the door. When she realized I was close by Kouza headed over to meet me and get some pets. Kouza then proceeded to tell me all about her day with a little bit of attitude thrown in. When our chat was over I went back out to the far yard. Timbits came racing over so I scooped him up and put him on a rock. He was a little confused at first and found himself being checked out by Jazz, Tennya and Mac. Timbits was then hit with some zoomies and went tearing off around the yard with Jazz. I scooped him up once more and put him on a different rock. Tennya and Jazz once again checked him over and soon Timbits was off racing around with them on his heels.
The second group of the morning was the first group of big dogs. Everyone went running out to the agility yard. They scattered around the yard to do their own thing. Duke and Cai then met up to check out a particularly interesting section of rocks. Duke moved on to check out something else. Rex then went to join Cai to see what was so interesting. Teddy took a moment from running around the yard to go and say a quick hello to Duke. It soon turned into them bouncing around. Boris, Tasha and Percy continued to just trot around the yard stopping to check out anything that caught their eyes. Rex and Cai were finally done with the rocks and so headed off to trot around together. Rex then turned to Cai and asked him to play. Instead of playing they ended up just going back to trotting around. Duke stood watching the others. He eventually looked over at me so I called him over. Duke came charging over to my side to lean against my legs and demand lots of pets and ear rubs. It wasn't too long after that that everyone got the exploring out of their systems. Rex headed off to run after Teddy as he ran around the yard. This soon had the others all riled up. Percy decided to tag along with Teddy and Rex while Duke and Cai started to wrestle and have some fun. At this point Tasha and Boris were still a little oblivious. When I looked back over at the others Rex had switched his attention to playing with Cai while Percy played commentator. Boris finally finished exploring and went running over to leap up onto the tunnel. This caught Tasha's eye, so she made her way over to check out the tunnel. It also caught Cai's eye and soon they were playing, with some difficulty due to the uneven playing field.
The next group was probably my most affectionate group today. We all headed out to the agility yard. I hadn't even made it all the way into the yard when I found myself being leaned on by Athena, who was asking for lots of love and pets. Nearby Hershey was wandering around checking things out with Brenyn. Aphrodite had made her way further into the yard. When she realized that her sister wasn't behind her she went to investigate. When Aphrodite realized she was missing out on pets she was quick to lean against my other leg. Fez stood in a puddle looking quite happy with where he was in life. Hercules was having fun bouncing around and trying to find someone to play with. He eventually settled on Brenyn. They spent some time checking each other over; then it was time to play. Hercules was bouncing all over her as Brenyn trotted around. Athena and Aphrodite noticed their brother playing and headed over to give his new friend a through once over. When Brenyn had earned the sisters' approval, Hercules went bouncing back over to resume their playing. Dexter went off with his nose to the ground determined to find something interesting. Hershey took a break from her exploring to come and stand by my side. She stood watching the others around the yard seeing what everyone was up to. Fez made his way over to spend some time checking Hershey over and seeing if maybe she might want to play. They bounced around a little before Hershey went trotting off to do a little more exploring. Fez then decided to go and see what Tatoo was up to. Aphrodite made her way back over to my side to get some more love and attention. Hercules spotting her came running over to climb all over her. He didn't stay long and was soon back to running around with Brenyn. Aphrodite didn't stay long either she left me to head back out and do some more exploring. Seeing me free Hershey came back for some pets. Aphrodite seeing this came trotting over not wanting to miss out on any love. Dexter who was still off doing some exploring when he was interrupted by Tatoo. Dexter didn't seem to mind and the two spent some time bouncing around. When they were done having fun, Dexter headed back to exploring. Hershey started to feel a little frisky and went running around the yard. Fez went trotting out to met her and they spent some time going around the yard together.
The second last group of the morning were ready to make their way outside. This group was probably my most surprising group in a good way. Kyah launched herself at Viggo and bounced around him trying to get him to play. They then went trotting off to the agility yard. Tsavo and Magic met up and they spent some time checking each other over. Mocha decided to find herself some place dry to sit and so made her way to one of the outdoor kennels to sit and watch what the others were up to. Viggo and Kyah were soon back from the agility yard and wondering why we hadn't followed. Oakley, who had been sitting by the gate to the agility yard, seemed to finally notice me and came trotting over to sit at my feet. She then found herself being checked over by Kyah, Mocha and Tsavo. Issy wandered over from the far yard to see what everyone found so interesting. When she realized it was just Oakley she headed back out to continue her explorations. Oakley decided to tag along and join her. Mocha no longer able to check out Oakley, headed back to the outdoor kennel where it was drier. After all this we made our way out to the agility yard. They all split up to do some exploring in different parts of the yard. Oakley didn't explore for long and was soon back at my feet wanting more love. Once again she was soon the centre of attention as Viggo, Kyah and Tsavo swarmed her. Kyah then came bouncing over to launch herself at Viggo once more. Tsavo left Oakley to see if she could maybe join Kyah. Viggo wasn't quite in the playing mood so Kyah headed over to sit on a rock. Tsavo then found herself with Magic and soon they were bouncing around. Magic then noticed Kyah sitting on a rock and went over to investigate. Kyah took that opportunity to have fun bopping Magic on the head. Tsavo went to see if she would have more success than Kyah at getting Viggo to play. Their play took them near the rock so Kyah took a chance and put both paws on Viggo's back as he passed. She ended up having to get off the rock so she wouldn't fall flat on her face. Viggo and Tsavo continued to play like nothing had happened so Kyah turned her attentions to Oakley.
Max and Sadie were the last group of the day. Since Sadie is restricted to on-leash play we figured it would be more fun if they went out for a walk then had some indoor play. While out on our walk they both spent quite some time with their noses to the ground checking out everything they could. To make it more interesting I threw in some obedience commands which they did very well with. Once our walk was over I took them to the play room where immediately it was wrestle mania. I was quite impressed with how well behaved they were on the walk to enter a different room and suddenly it was game on.
Enhanced
Today for Rex's enhanced we worked on some easy stuff. I got him to do some sits and downs. I then brought out the bed to start working on "place" with him. Rex is really starting to get it and was quick to climb onto the bed as soon as I asked it of him. Wanting to change it up we then worked on some loose leash walking with some sits and downs thrown in. Rex did quite awesome at the loose leash walking portion, but wasn't so sure about all the sitting while he was on a walk. Since he can occasionally have some issues with focusing that was the next thing we worked on. Basically I reward him for making and keeping eye contact, increasing the length of time he must keep his eyes on me. Rex was pretty quick to catch on. I soon didn't have to lure his eyes to mine. I didn't ask for very long eye contact as that's something that will take a little while to accomplish.
Fez on the other hand got lots of his extra cuddles and one on one time that he enjoys so much. Living the senior life has its advantages, and Fez makes sure to take FULL advantage of every little perk he can.
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